This month’s best new history

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	FEATURED IN: The life of Marie Curie, through the eyes of the women who trained in her laboratory WHY IT'S READWORTHY: A stunning look at the most famous woman in the history of science From a Pulitzer Prize finalist and #1 New York Times bestselling author "A dramatic group portrait encompassing passion, struggle, poignancy, and triumph" (Booklist starred review) FEATURED IN: Get on Amazon or Learn more... FEATURED IN: The murder of Emmett Till changed history — and launched a cover-up that echoes to this day WHY IT'S READWORTHY: "Not only an intimate history of the tragedy, but also a deep meditation on Mississippi and America" (The Washington Post) An instant New York Times bestseller with praise from Imani Perry, John Grisham, Kiese Laymon, and more "It literally changed my outlook on the world" (Shonda Rhimes) FEATURED IN: Get on Amazon or Learn more... FEATURED IN: 'Reads like House of the Dragon minus the dragons' (Publishers Weekly) WHY IT'S READWORTHY: A vivid, action-packed look at England's most influential Medieval king Penned by a New York Times bestselling historian "Dan Jones brings Henry V to life better than anyone since Shakespeare himself" (New York Times bestselling author Andrew Roberts) FEATURED IN: Get on Amazon or Learn more... FEATURED IN: A true crime tale with 'more twists — and more eccentric characters — than an Agatha Christie mystery' (Ada Calhoun) WHY IT'S READWORTHY: When a group of European exiles settled in the Galápagos, their utopian dreams soon became a waking nightmare… "Combines a forgotten piece of history with the urgency of a murder mystery in the most unlikely setting" (Susan Orlean) Informed by previously unseen archival materials FEATURED IN: Get on Amazon or Learn more... FEATURED IN: How have colonialism and industrialization reshaped the planet over the past 500 years? WHY IT'S READWORTHY: This new environmental history "answers questions most of us have been too daft even to ask" (Jill Lepore) Written by a MacArthur "Genius Grant" fellow and Yale professor "An elegant and sweeping look at how humanity has brought itself to the brink" (Publishers Weekly starred review) FEATURED IN: Get on Amazon or Learn more... FEATURED IN: 'Sure to become the standard one-volume book on the war,' according to The New York Times WHY IT'S READWORTHY: Illuminates the political developments and military strategies that influenced outcomes on the battlefield Penned by "one of our finest military historians" (H. W. Brands) Based on thousands of classified military, diplomatic, and intelligence documents FEATURED IN: Get on Amazon or Learn more... FEATURED IN: A historian presents a stunning new portrait of a towering figure WHY IT'S READWORTHY: Traces John Lewis's life and career, from his civil rights activism to his consequential tenure in Congress "This is the book we've all been awaiting. Deeply researched, beautifully written, and frequently revelatory" (Jonathan Eig) Drawn from interviews with hundreds of activists, politicians, family members, and more FEATURED IN: Get on Amazon or Learn more... FEATURED IN: In 1903, oil-rich Oklahoma land was allotted to a Muscogee boy who may have never existed WHY IT'S READWORTHY: An essential pick for readers of David Grann's Killers of the Flower Moon Lays bare the exploitation of Indigenous people by white settlers in pursuit of "black gold" "Superb historical sleuthing" (Publishers Weekly starred review) FEATURED IN: Get on Amazon or Learn more... FEATURED IN: The Freedman's Bank helped the newly emancipated forge a future — until its tragic collapse WHY IT'S READWORTHY: "A captivating narrative that reads like a slow-burn legal thriller" (Publishers Weekly starred review) Provides a new perspective on the American racial wealth gap FEATURED IN: Get on Amazon or Learn more... FEATURED IN: A riveting investigation of the balance between church and state throughout US history WHY IT'S READWORTHY: Jon Meacham calls this lively blend of religious and political history "fair-minded and clear-eyed" Spans from the American Revolution to the present day "Essential — for our moment, and for the future" (E.J. Dionne Jr.) FEATURED IN: Get on Amazon or Learn more...
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